Welcome for €36,000 Tipperary flood mitigation funding

The biggest chunk of €18,000 will go towards work at Lagganstown.

The work will involve the upgrading of the road drainage system and piping.

€13,500 has been allocated for works at Birdhill while €4,500 will be spend on an overflow pipe at Rathkennan.

Tipperary Fine Gael TD and Junior Agriculture Minister Tom Hayes has welcomed the funding,  particularly for the works at Lagganstown saying he people there have suffered for many years as a result of flooding.